Coffee, Cortisol, and Morning Fear
She did not call me about the ankle. “Doctor, I did not want to disturb you,” she said, voice firm despite her eighty-five years. “Two...
Author : Dr. Brahmanand Nayak
Fasting Health Benefits: What Really Happens When You Skip a Meal
Fasting has many flavours in India. There is a water fast. The fruit fast. The sabudana fast contains more calories than a wedding buffet. The...
Before You Swallow That Antibiotic
“Doctor, I had a bad cold.” “How many days?” “Four.” “Fever?” “Little.” “What medicines?” “Ghar me Augmentin pada tha. Teen din le liya. Phir bhi...
Why a Walk After Meals May Be the Most Underrated Health Habit?
A meal ends. The plate is rinsed. The chair moves back. And in that small domestic sound lies a metabolic decision most people do not...
How much sleep does the human body actually need?
When it comes to sleep, peoplenever arrive empty-handed. Everyone brings a theory, a reason, and a confident explanation. Some sleep five hours and call it...
What Sixty Years of Yoga Did to One Man’s Genes
He did not come announcing discipline. He came announcing his age. Seventy-six, retired schoolteacher, slim without looking fragile, upright without stiffness. He sat down the...
Doctor, Are They Mixing Mineral Oil in Our Cooking Oil?
She came at the end of the clinic, when questions grow softer and more personal. Sushma Shenoy is not the kind of patient who panics...
Does Chyawanprash Contain Too Much Sugar?
Chyawanprash no longer enters Indian homes through winter rituals or grandmotherly insistence. It arrives through nutrition labels, Instagram debates, and alarmed WhatsApp forwards that circle...
A Doctor’s Upma Story
He was fifty. An entrepreneur. The kind who lives on numbers. Revenue, margins, growth curves, projections. He spoke comfortably in percentages and quarterly targets, and...
How Social Media Changed the Way We Eat?
I usually hear it halfway through the consultation, offered casually, almost proudly. “Doctor, honestly, I wasn’t even hungry, but everyone was eating.” The sentence appears...